"It's interesting coming into a network that is healthy," Showtime president David Nevins said at the start of his first press tour executive session. "That's not often how regime change happens in tele...
Given the size of the TV audience in the states, and it's penchant for rejecting shows that seem "too foreign." Many a British television show has been remade for American audiences. Most notably "The O...
Broadcast network shows have largely done away with opening title sequences. The artform still exists on cable, thankfully, because when done well, a title sequence tells you all you need to know about what a show is ...
When NBC premiered "Outsourced," a lot of people called the sitcom racist. I shied away from that. Saying "racist" implies ignorance or hostile intent and I don't really think the writers and produ...
Showtime's new inside-Hollywood satire "Episodes" (Sunday at 9:30 p.m.) - about a pair of English sitcom writers (Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig) who have a nightmarish experience adapting their show for American TV ...
From Oprah striking out on her own with a new cable network and Simon Cowell striking out on his own with an American version of "X Factor" (plus "American Idol" striking out on its own without Cow...
There is zero production going on during the Christmas to New Year's holiday, but one highly anticipated movie finally got off the ground before the break, Marc Webb's "Spider-Man." The new Peter Parke...
Way back at Comic-Con 2009 when Marvel Studios was just coming off the massive success of "Iron Man" and preparing to launch other franchises, division president Kevin Feige answered questions about how a 19...
Former Golden Globes favorites "Lost" and "24" ended last spring, but both shows were eligible for one last round of nostalgic nominations. Instead, there were no Best Television Series - Drama nom...
Showtime has landed Don Cheadle to play the lead in "House of Lies," a half-hour comedy pilot.
Based on Martin Kihn's book "House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell Y...
